Oldmahubbard

Oldmahubbard

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  1. Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    Oldmahubbard replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You are already working extra, quite a bit extra in fact, up to 10 hours a week, without being compensated for it. The job is nothing great, and now it is getting worse. I don't know what the market...

  2. Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    Oldmahubbard replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Extra pay, definitely, but probably not overtime. And no, it is not

  3. Question about first job

    Oldmahubbard replied to Shawna82's topic in Advanced Practice

    This is really, really tough. The problem has been that many organizations don't take collaborative agreements that seriously. They coerce physicians into signing, people who don't really want to...

  4. Nurse Practitioner Overtime Pay

    Oldmahubbard replied to JRay813's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Laws may vary from state to state. I worked for a state agency for many years as an NP. When I was offered "extra service", it was at my regular hourly rate. This agency was very anal about labor...

  5. Pay cut to become a RN

    Oldmahubbard replied to Merky101's topic in General Nursing

    Be very careful about telling anyone you have had mental health treatment as a nurse. There are a number of nightmare-ish stories on these boards about what can

  6. The Pleasure Trap of Food: Or Why Saying No Doesn't Work

    Oldmahubbard replied to Carol Ebert's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I have been a life long problem eater, apparently, because I was slightly over weight as a teen and young adult, although I exercised intensely on a daily basis. I did everything I could think of to...

  7. Who cleans the poo?

    Oldmahubbard replied to leilo0's topic in General Nursing

    Any bathroom, even the one in my house?

  8. NP pay mid-career

    Oldmahubbard replied to ToBeMSNNP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Really bad, and what state is this, if I may

  9. Stress level: RN vs. NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to NEMurse95's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It will. Keep

  10. Canadian physicians protesting pay raises, advocating for nurses

    Oldmahubbard replied to elkpark's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The article doesn't say what the nurses are paid. It's amazing how you can attract people to almost any job with the right compensation. As it should

  11. The pictures I saw

    Oldmahubbard replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in General Nursing

    The irony of the condition of the apartment, vs the scrubs in the dry cleaning

  12. Is my Bachelors degree in another field useful in nursing??

    Oldmahubbard replied to erogersii's topic in General Students

    I can understand that you already had statistics and developmental psych, but I am not sure how you totally bypassed all the BS courses. And most of them are pretty much BS courses. It has been a...

  13. CRNA vs. MD

    Oldmahubbard replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Tough to get into, and a lot of pressure. So I have

  14. CRNA vs. MD

    Oldmahubbard replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I admit I am an PMHNP, so far removed from the realities of anesthesia. I am glad your education is that good, that rigorous. I know about the DNP requirement, and I am thrilled for you. I am proud...

  15. Will there be a huge turf war between PA and NP?

    Oldmahubbard replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I started a thread a few weeks back, asking NPs if they are fully in compliance with their collaborative or supervisory regs. I got almost no replies. I can't imagine why! People do not want to admit...

  16. CRNA vs. MD

    Oldmahubbard replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    With the loans they have, and the amount of time and effort they spent getting their education, they have to make that much, or it isn't economically feasible. Not even close. The doctors I know have...

  17. 100 mile commute. Worth it?

    Oldmahubbard replied to indomie23's topic in General Nursing

    The job that is 50 miles away is a much better job than the one that is 15 miles away. Some of the answers here suggest that the commute is 100 miles, one way. No And I have known people who think its...

  18. Is my Bachelors degree in another field useful in nursing??

    Oldmahubbard replied to erogersii's topic in General Students

    Unfortunately, your previous non-nursing bachelor's degree is pretty worthless. You will have some credits that may transfer, but not that many. The BSN program is rather specific. Do I believe BSN...

  19. CRNA vs. MD

    Oldmahubbard replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I meant that with the amount of debt that many medical students end up with, a salary of 200k is peanuts. I don't know what kind of debt the CRNA's have, but I think it is definitely

  20. The NP who can't function in the role

    Oldmahubbard replied to Oldmahubbard's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think some NPs or PAs have heard too many vague statements in school about "good patient care" and "appropriate documentation". Statements like these are open to vast interpretation. A few haven't...

  21. Stress level: RN vs. NP

    Oldmahubbard replied to NEMurse95's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    In these parts, most RNs making more than 70 or 80 are doing back flips, with night shift differentials and major, major overtime. None of which I am cut out for. I got into the NP role to make a...

  22. BYOB at work?

    Oldmahubbard replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    I can see the issue from both sides, and I certainly agree that there is vastly more evil in the gross under-staffing patients and nurses endure, so that for-profit LTC proprietors can get rich. In my...

  23. SNF job from HELL

    Oldmahubbard replied to Glycerine82's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had a few horror stories as well. I won't drag them out here, but I do revisit them fairly often in my memory, whenever I think my current job "sucks". Then I remember! It isn't as bad as xyz...

  24. CRNA vs. MD

    Oldmahubbard replied to weareone26's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If I had to guess, probably because Medicare reimburses CRNAs at 85% of the MD rate, but the MDs want twice the money, or more. To be fair, with their loans, 200k is

  25. preemployment drug testing

    Oldmahubbard replied to babynurse98's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Sad to say, in a tight job market, although the benzo is legal, you are probably poop out of luck in either case. They don't have to hire you. I am curious how the OP got the early refill. There are...